What is the scope of information that DHS oversees?
A. DHS operates 24 hours per day, seven days a week; runs over 120,000 production jobs and produces more than 580,000 checks and vouchers each month. The number of clients touched by DHS exceeds the number of people in the Portland metropolitan area and Salem combined. Collecting and exchanging information is necessary to do DHS work for our clients. Our information systems store sensitive information about our clients such as HIV reports, financial facts, abuse allegations, social security numbers, employment histories and more. DHS is responsible for information gathered on its employees and their families whether it is social security numbers or personnel issues. In addition, it is essential that DHS protect its information like accounting systems, financial records and all the Oregon assets it oversees.
